Town of Fairplay - Building Department

Town of Fairplay, Colorado

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901 Main Street, Fairplay, CO 80440

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The Town's Permitting page (fairplayco.us/181/Permitting) defines three permit tracks: "Easy permits are for small projects that are primarily a like-for-like replacement of an item as part of building lifetime maintenance"; "Building permits are for the alteration, demolition, construction, enlargement, movement, repair, removal, or replacement of any building or structure"; and "Right-of-Way/Excavation Permits are issued by the Public Works Department for any work to be completed within the right-of-way areas of the town or when connecting to town water or sewer lines." The page states explicitly: "Any items that are not in the list above for an Easy Permit... require a building permit. This includes reroofing, decks, and solar power generation equipment" — the basis for roofing_permit_required = true. Fees are calculated on form submission rather than published as a flat schedule. The Building page (fairplayco.us/177/Building) states "The Building Department issues permits, performs reviews of construction-related plans, and inspects all structures located within the corporate limits of the Town of Fairplay," and confirms the CAA services agreement dating to 2022. A "Building Guide - Reroof" document is referenced as a supporting submittal document on the Building page but its own text was not fetched in this pass. Fairplay also maintains a Certificate of Appropriateness process (a form is published on the Forms page) for a historic district, which may apply to visible roof work on contributing structures, but the town's own historic-district boundary/criteria page was not reviewed in this pass.

The Town's Adopted Codes and Local Criteria page lists: 2018 International Building Code, 2018 International Residential Code, 2023 National Electrical Code, 2018 International Mechanical Code, 2018 International Plumbing Code, 2018 International Fire Code, 2018 International Fuel Gas Code, 2018 International Energy Conservation Code, 2018 International Property Maintenance Code, and the 2018 Wildland-Urban Interface Code. The page states "Amendments apply to each of the adopted codes as described in Chapter 18, Article I-XIV of the Municipal Code," and directs readers to the Municode Library website for current amendment text, noting "the latest ordinance may not be updated" there and to contact the Building Department directly with specific questions.